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High school basketball roundup: C-H looks inside, finds road win

January 11, 2013

Miles Williamson converted an old-fashioned three-point play with 15 seconds remaining Friday night to give Chartiers-Houston a 48-45 victory over host Brentwood in Section 4-AA.

Chartiers-Houston (1-4, 4-9) lived by the three-point shot for much of the game, making eight shots from behind the arc. But tied 45-45 in the closing seconds, and throwing the ball inbounds from the sideline, the Bucs looked inside with the game on the line. Williamson took a lob pass, scored, was fouled and converted the ensuing free-throw to give C-H a 48-45 lead.

Brentwood (2-4, 7-6) then managed to take four shots, missing each, before time expired.

C-H, which led 37-29 after three quarters, was led by Alec Ferrari, who had 18 points and four threes.

Jason Pilarski had 12 points and Tyler Kraska 10 for Brentwood.

Canon-McMillan 82, Mt. Lebanon 77, 3 OT: Seth Petras scored six of his 15 points in the third overtime to help Canon-McMillan take a thrilling 82-77 victory from Mt. Lebanon in a Section 4-AAAA game.

Sam Bohn hit three of four free throws in the final moments to douse any hopes Mt. Lebanon had of victory.

Petras hit a shot with two seconds to play in regulation to tie the game, 54-54. Justin Ross of Mt. Lebanon sent the game into a second overtime when he canned a three-point field goal with about 10 seconds to play. The second overtime ended, 67-67.

Cody Gilchrist’s basket with six seconds remaining capped Bethel Park’s comeback and gave the Black Hawks a 65-63 overtime victory over host Trinity.

Bethel Park (6-0, 11-1) trailed 34-26 at halftime but chipped away the deficit and held a two-point in the final minute of regulation. A basket by Trinity’s Berton Miller tied the score at 57-57 and Bethel Park was unable to win the game on the last possession of regulation.

Gilchrist led four BP players in double figures with 18 points. Rohan Young followed with 14 points, Wyatt Hagerty had 13 and Kennedy Gilmore 12.

Christian Koroly and Corey Hunsberger each scored 16 points for Trinity (3-3, 9-5), which had two more field goals than Bethel Park but made only four of 11 free throws. Miller finished with 11 points for the Hillers.

Nick Zando and Zak Dysert had 11 points each, while Tyreke Brown and Alex Babirad had 10 each, for the Rangers (1-4, 3-9).

Girls results

West Mifflin 58, Ringgold 46: One night after losing a second-half lead and a non-section game to Canon-McMillan, West Mifflin played a strong first half against Ringgold and held off the Rams 58-46 in Section 4-AAA.

The win keeps West Mifflin (4-0, 6-6) undefeated in section play.

The Titans led 35-19 at halftime but Ringgold (3-3, 6-6) stayed within striking distance for much of the second half, thanks to Eleni Radic, who made six three-point field goals and scored a game-high 19 points. Josie Schmidt had 11 points for the Rams, who hurt their chances to fuel a comeback by making only nine of 21 free throws.